taking centre stage rebecca welch will become the first female referee of a premier league game. brighton and west ham are hoping tojoin liverpool in bypassing the europa league playoff round with an immediate place in the last 16 a possible prize tonight. seven wickets, but a bit of sunburn england s bowlers have a tough first day of the women s test against india. also coming up on sportsday a world champion, an olympic champion and pete the horse they re all part of the international horse show in london this week. hello again. will come along to sportsday this evening. the premier league will have a female referee take charge of one of its matches for the first time. it represents another landmark along a path of growing influence of female officials in men s sport. joy neville has been doing it in rugby union since 2016. while at the last men s rugby league world cup, kasey badger made history by taking charge of a game. this summer, sue redfern made the breakt
where talks on the deal have been taking place, support for a return to stormont. i think everybody from an economic standpoint would like stormont back, and that way the money will be released to the services that need them, such as education and the health service. money isn t being allocated to the areas that needed it. so absolutely. so it s a bit of a vacuum. yes, yes. we are almost two years - without a devolved government and it matters to people, - because it feels like there s no one in charge, no one in control, - no one there to make decisions. schools are not functioning some days. hospitals are not functioning any day as they should. there are massive problems across the entire public sector. two commentators on the perils of a power vacuum and, from a leading unionist newspaper, strong forces suggest a return to stormont. i think there are two things that are pushing jeffrey donaldson and his party back into stormont. the first is ideological. they believe in de
been on holiday with his mother, who wasn t his legal guardian, and his grandfather. melanie and david batty has been accused of abducting alex, possibly to take them to live on a commune in morocco. back in 2018, his grandmother, who was his legal guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting - guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting to - guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting to see. absolute nightmare, wanting to see the grandson that you love so much, might not see him ever again. but she could soon be reunited with his grandson. officials in southern france cy alex, now 17, has been found in the town of revel east of toulouse. in a statement, greater manchester police say offices in oldham are in contact with french authorities to establish the authenticity of the report. they added, this is a complex and long running investigation and we need to m
about winter pressures. delays at hospital are a worry. we re worried about the system becoming overrun. so we ve got a category one call, a male who was unconscious. siren wails their first call of the day, and ryan and debbie from the north west ambulance service are on their way to see a critically ill patient. hello, are you 0k? please can we get some pads on him just in case? and then let s get some access. he was really septic and with his heart rate being so low, his blood pressure and saturations and recordable, i believe he was at the stage just before going into cardiac arrest, he was that poorly. right, we are good to go when you are. we re going to go on blue lights. our eta to wigan is six minutes, ever. can you open them eyes for me? hold my hand. ifeel really privileged to do ourjob. it s only a short distance to resus. within minutes of getting the patient into intensive care. do you think you could step out with us and we will get you straight into a chair? i